Settling in procedures at Little Nutkins

Registration and Settling in

A non-refundable registration fee of £50 per child is payable on submission of the completed Registration Form. The registration fee entitles each registered child to three 2-hour settling in sessions (to be taken within 4 weeks from the start date.) N.B. The registration fee is optional to children accessing Government funded sessions (Flexible Free Entitlement)

Key person and your child

"Each child must be assigned a key person. Their role is to ensure that every child's care is tailored to meet their individual needs, to help the child become familiar with the setting, offer a settled relationship for the child and build a relationship with their parents." ( The Early Years Foundation Stage 2017, p.22, 3.27)

​We believe that the children settle best when they have a person to relate to, who knows them and their parents well, and who can meet their individual needs. Research shows that a key person approach benefits the child, the parents, the staff and the setting by providing secure relationships in which children thrive, parents have confidence, staff are committed and the setting has a happy and relaxing atmosphere. We want children to feel safe, stimulated and happy in the setting and to feel secure and comfortable with staff. We also want parents to have confidence in both their children's well-being and their role as active partners with the setting. We aim to make the setting a welcoming place where children settle quickly and easily because consideration has been given to the individual needs and circumstances of children and their families.

Our setting uses a key person approach. This means that each member of staff has a group of children for whom she/he is particularly responsible. Your child's key person will be the person who works with you to make sure that the childcare that we provide is right for your child's particular needs and interests. When your child first starts at the setting, she/he will help your child to settle and then throughout your child's time at the setting, she/he will help your child to benefit from the setting's activities.